Ending Madea’s two weekend long reign, “Watchmen” brought in a cool $55,655,000, leaving nothing but crumbs for the rest of the movies out.
“Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes To Jail” brought in $8,800,000 leaving a huge gap between first and second place in the box office. In third place was “Taken” with $7,450,000. Fourth place belonged to “Slumdog Millionaire“, which is in it’s 17th week on the charts, with $6,925,000. In fifth place is “Paul Blart: Mall Cop“, which brought in $4,200,000.
“Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity… but who is watching the Watchmen?”
I don’t know much about superhero movies, but I’d watch this for Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He’s hot.
Nabbing third place on the chart was “Slumdog Millionaire“, which is in it’s 16th week on the box office charts. Coming in at fourth place was “Taken“, starring Liam Neeson, which pulled in $9,950,000 in it’s fifth week on the charts. Rounding out the top five is “He’s Just Not That Into You“, which I’ll be running out to see very soon.
In the movie, you will get to follow the Jonas Brothers as go cross country with their “Burning Up Tour”. Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift guest star and perform a song with the band.
A new song by the Jonas Brothers will premiere in the film as well.
Tyler Perry has really outdone himself this time, taking the top spot with a nice $41,120,000. In the second spot was “Taken” which is in it’s fourth week on the chart, taking in $11,400,000. The number three spot was held by “Coraline“, with a $11,031,000 haul. Fourth place in the weekend chart was “He’s Just Not That Into You“, having taken in a cool $8,540,000. Taking the fifth spot for the weekend was “Slumdog Millionaire” which brought in $8,050,000 in it’s 15th week on the charts.
The movie stars Tyler Perry as Madea, who lands herself in jail, after a high speed chase. She then proceeds to teach women in prison the right way to live.
“He’s Just Not That Into You” was the leader in this week’s box office ratings, despite the critics’ suggestions that the movie wouldn’t be worth watching.
The chick flick with an all-star cast outshined last week’s number one movie, “Taken” by a cool $7 million.
The movie centers around a group of women in their twenties and thirties, who are looking for true love. If the movie stays true to the book, if he’s not calling you, then the guy you’re dating is just not that into you.
I can see where it’s box office success comes from. I still want to see this movie, it’s a whole new take on dating for single women, besides “Sex and The City“, which we’re basically spoonfed. (I love it, too, though.)
The movie stars Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, among others. One half of the writing team that wrote the book, Greg Behrendt, also has a cameo in the movie, as a priest.
“Taken” has overtaken the box office crown and swiped the weekend sales away from “Paul Blart: Mall Cop“.
“Taken” drew in $24,65,000 in this weekend’s box office, leaving the second spot for Paul Blart. Also new in the theaters is “The Uninvited“, which took third place in it’s first week. “Hotel For Dogs” is in it’s third week and landed the fourth spot, leaving the fifth spot for Clint Eastwood’s flick, “Gran Torino“.
“Taken” stars Liam Neeson as Bryan, an ex-CIA spy and father of kidnapping victim, Kim. Kim and her friend Amanda take a trip to Europe where Amanda gets kidnapped, and subsequently, so does Kim. Amanda dies from a heroin overdose and Kim gets sold into sex slavery.
Bryan tells the kidnappers that if they let his daughter go, he won’t track them down and kill them. Things apparently don’t go as planned, and you can see where this is going.
